Universal Healthcare Is A Conservative Issue

Rightfully so, much attention has been paid recently to the debate on having a system of Universal Healthcare coverage for America. What has resulted from some of the attention are proposals for patchwork legislation, tax cuts, and congressional studies. Thus far none of the solutions presented actually address the entire problem. There are too many people in this country who have no health insurance coverage. According to the census bureau, in 2003 18 percent of non elderly people had no form of health insurance. That results in over 45 million folks who are without coverage. The most telling statistic is that non-elderly folks on Medicare and Medicaid are not even included in the 18%. Those folks actually acquire up another 15%. In addition to these two groups it is though that another 16% of the non-elderly population could be considered to be underinsured… Add em up…that’s right 49% of all non-elderly (the people paying the taxes)have inadequate protection from healthcare costs, dinky access to healthcare, or have to rely solely on the government. With a workforce who has limited access to healthcare, business in America suffer…and that is what makes Universal Healthcare a Conservative Issue.

Every year major corporations settle to provide healthcare coverage to their workers. The main reason they do this is to attract the best workers. Many people leave positions primarily based on the healthcare plan. In the competitive market for the best workers, businesses are willing to contribute over $2,500 per year to camouflage most of the cost of an employee’s insurance premium with an HMO. Most major corporations end up shelling out millions upon millions of dollars for premiums. The cost of premiums has been increasing partially do to the uncompensated services that are provided to the uninsured. These services, which do not accept paid for, force hospitals and doctors to charge more to the people who can pay. This is opinion to cost industry over $43 billion dollars per year.

If big business is pinched by the lack of universal healthcare, small business is smacked upside the face. If a little business could manage to find their contribution per employee down to $2,500 per year they still wouldn’t be able to manage. In most cases small business’ cost per employee is higher because of being in a smaller coverage group. This forces them to either not offer coverage at all, or to just offer it to their pudgy time employees. If a small business, such as an independent grocery store, can even offer insurance to its full timers, it will limit the number of people in official fleshy time status. Often small stores are filled with “part-time” people who work 35 hours per week. In order to stay alive little businesses shoot themselves in the foot. They often lose their best and brightest workers to the mega mart which can manage to pay toward employees premiums.

If small business gets smacked upside the face, entrepreneurs take it in the rear. Someone who has a good chance starting a successful business is probably already employed somewhere with good health coverage. In order to originate their venture they must give up healthcare coverage risking bankruptcy if their health or business fails. Companies are not originating in America in the numbers that they used to. There is just too noteworthy to give up. Entrepreneurship is necessary as more jobs get moved overseas by large corporations, moved overseas because of lower costs. There are now not as many new companies springing up to fill the void. It is just too much of a risk. People cannot lose coverage for themselves and their families.

As a true conservative (not one of these fake Bush ones) I call on all my brothers to step up and embrace the understanding of universal coverage. Universal coverage will abet keep jobs in this country due to reduced costs to gigantic business. It will help small business thrive and grow into major players due to their ability to hold their best and brightest workers. It will help encourage entrepreneurship by ensuring great new business leaders and their families will have health care. It will reduce bankruptcy filings since 27% of all bankruptcies are due primarily to unpaid medical bills. It will lower medical costs and increase competition between hospitals and providers. Yes it will create a capitalistic market where one does not currently exist! Most important it will do the country billions!!! According to the Institute of Medicine between $65 and $130 billion dollars will be saved annually due the elimination of the mortality costs of the uninsured.

With a form of universal healthcare the U.S. would be able to increase its GDP along with improve on its 8^th plot rank for GDP per capita. It is interesting to note that each country ahead of the U.S. has universal access to healthcare. Even the Congressional Budget Office and the General Accounting office found that single payer universal health care would save 100 to 200 Billion dollars per year despite covering all the uninsured and increasing health care benefits. With all of this benefit to business, the economy, and the United State’s position in the word, the only discussion has come from the liberals. And leading the charge on this obviously conservative roar…….the Democrats!!!!!!!!!!!!

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